Russian Attache Seeks Trust as Path to World Peace
Yuri Serpokrulov, first secretary of the Soviet mission to the UN, spoke at St. Francis College in Biddeford urging trust and detente between the USSR and the United States. He cited WWII losses, noted parity in nuclear arms, and urged advancing trade and space and medical cooperation to avert a new war. He said Watergate did not erode Soviet credibility but stressed joint pursuit of peace and restraint in the arms race.
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Bering Strait
Soviet Union
United States
Yuri Serpokrulov
United Nations
Serpokrulov
St. Francis College
Biddeford
Europe
Japan
U.S
Bidwest
Mideast
Volkswagen Suggested For Patrol Car Council Reads Police Pact
Biddeford City Council gave first reading to a police union contract and tabled a request for new cruisers. They referred zoning changes to the ordinance committee and sent substandard building reports to the incoming council. The meeting was the last before Mayor-Elect Lucien Dutremble takes office.
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Biddeford
Lucien Dutrembie
Lan
Robert LaBelle
Labelle
Philip Laverriere
Freighter Victoria Sinks 520 Miles Northwest of Here
A Liberian freighter with a 40 crew sank in the Pacific about 520 miles northwest of Victoria. A Canadian Forces plane saw flares from lifeboats near the Oriental Monarch sinking reported at 1:15 a.m. PST, signaling possible survivors.
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Victoria
B.C
Pacific
Here
Coast Guard reports Japanese freighter Golden Arrow involved
A Canadian rescue spokesman quoted the Coast Guard saying the Japanese freighter Golden Arrow was at the scene and attempting to run down two lifeboats and a life raft as the vessel sank in gale conditions about eight miles away.
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United States Coast Guard
Golden Arrow
Safety Panel Denied Money Powers In Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Beach town council rejected a public safety commission proposal to allow the panel to negotiate wages or to handle all monetary disbursements. Councilor Mokarzel cited ordinances requiring council control of money while acknowledging the commission could advise on wage structures. The council did approve a $793 materials-only hockey rink project on town land, to be built by residents and students and usable three years with seasonal removal.
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Old Orchard Beach
Public Safety Commission
Plies
Milliken Street
Mokarzel
Hizi
Mokarze
Louis Savelas
Fire Department
Savelas
Maet
Thomas Smith
Public Safety
Cretaro
Police and Fire Station
Titecomb Farm
Donald Shorey
Pirates Last Reports From Liberian Freighter
Pacific Last reported some men aboard the Liberian freighter though unconfirmed. No contact for five hours before it reportedly sank after water entered the engine room. Rescue officials said some crew may have abandoned ship but no lifeboat reports or sightings were confirmed. Seas were rough with winds up to 50 knots and 30 foot swells.
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Argus
Thacher License Denied Pending City Inspection
Siddeford municipal officers refused renewal of a liquor license and a special amusement permit for the Thacher Hotel pending city inspection. A state health inspection followed a customer complaint and a letter from Francis LeDue of Leeds alleging extreme filth and unsafe conditions.
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Siddeford
Thacher Hotel
Gilbert Boucher
Francis L. LeDue
Leeds
Mass
Laird resigns as Nixon's domestic counselor
Melvin R. Laird announces resignation effective Feb 1 after seven months as president Nixon's chief domestic counselor He urges House members to vote on impeachment by March 15 citing Watergate turmoil and aims to speed a verdict Laird will join Reader's Digest as senior counselor for national and international affairs
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
House of Representatives
Laird
America
House
White House
Reader’s Digest Association
Defense
Millinocket Paper Mills Face Oil Supply Crisis
Great Northern Paper Co and Georgia-Pacific Maine depend on Canadian oil for newsprint. Lawmakers urge energy chief Simon to secure export licenses or priority status to avert mill shutdowns and job losses affecting New England newspapers.
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Maine
New England
Great Northern Paper Co
Georgia- Pacific
Woodland
Great Northern
Washington
William Cohen
R-Mainé
William E. Simon
McCann
Irving Oil Co
St. John
New Brunswick
Canadian National Energy Board
Irving
The
Energy Board
Georgia-Pacific
Cohen
Simon
Grea No
Warkes
Bangor
Watervill Augusta
Lewiston
Portland
Biddeford
Boston Globe
Hartford
Conn
Kenneth Curtis
Ottawa
Hs Curtis
Georgia
Saco planning board meets
Local planning board session discusses community development while readers share a humorous note about a novel Christmas club idea that helps save for last year's gifts.
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Saco Planning Board
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Peg Welch
Volkswagen
Laverriere
Dutremble
By Michael Ispath
Carmen Cretaro
Thacher
Christopher Couch
Philip Oliver
Journal
Oliver
LeDuc
Augusta
Miami Beach
Thatcher
Melvin Laird
Bob Greene
Associated Press
Paul McCann
Inside the Journal
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